Opinion: Paul Gigot’s Guide to the Election Results

Editorial Page Editor Paul Gigot on why the Republican Senate victory is a rebuke of the President and his polices. Photo credit: Associated Press.

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... it was a very big night ... for Republicans last night they took control of the Senate ... they gained seats in the house they won governors' races and more here to break it all down is editorial page editor Paul GBO call ... so I understand it you're looking at the governor's race is why the Congress of this huge story but I think the governor's race is in some way is ... even bigger because of governors and the legislative ... victories come when I think the Republicans now have turned the Turks turned six legislatures around the country ... and they have really in one of the biggest legislative majorities ... in the state houses since the twenty pts ... and I think they can have thirty one thirty two governors ... before this is or which is extraordinary it's very rarely happens much or how many times you can happen in my lifetime so what's the message from all governors was really the two messages one is ... that the Republican reform governors but ... were elected in two thousand ten ... governed ... in really try to accomplish something ... Schneider and Michigan the right to work ... and his job as catcher Paul ... Walker with its collective bargaining reforms concert Rick Scott with teacher tenure reform in education reforms Florida ... they were though they were re elected ... John K sick and all high and with his job program ... of ... them ... the they that they've been vindicated ... and meanwhile ... you had a repudiation ... of what I would call the ... Democratic public union ... um ... not entirely button but pretty big defeats in a one-on-one with pack when the governor going down trauma yet that was a big victory and a surprise that my dad well I was not that surprised it was close in the polls but ... the basic is among those gains were Quinn has been so awful and the status of such crops ... you really wondered if the electorate would throw him out well ... that's true of any of Massachusetts where ... the Charlie Baker of the Republican is succeeding Deval Patrick after two terms and after big tax increase in Maryland ... here is a process ... where Margo Melina raise taxes ... so many times we can calm ... you is repudiated his successor tried ... to win and lost two of the forty times in eight years O'Malley raise taxes and I'll actually Robin remember that ... so many of our ... liberal friends made Sam Brownback and said you know ... he we targeted for them and just extinction because he cut taxes ... well it turns out he warned to sell ... you so you tell what happened to be two different political models ... and an owl going forward the interesting question will be our Republicans what to build up ... in the state houses ... and you get some really interesting at all whatever in a talk about that next time I turned quickly to descend into the house ... on YouTube you predicted victory for the GOP in the Senate the were a surprise but margin call ... no if's I think I ... call it ... and I think it could be it's can be ... the hype was thinking maybe ten of the outside ... if ... Scott Brown came and and and and Gillespie frankly did surprise me into getting so close we ran a fabulous campaign as Republicans have had to have the wit ... to put the outside groups to put more money he would allow the Dow is at the same team on the federal level as is the state is just a repudiation of ... this Liberal government's this bureaucratic breakdown that we suffer when through the last couple years a little different because present Obama was such a focus for Republicans it's not as if the Republicans offered region ... the main theme was we were not hand ... it will work in a pot right and and and reputed Harry Reid ... and all of the Senate races because he has since shut down the Senate to protect the president from and that the incumbent Democrats who have been a difficult vote ... my happiness with the economy is unhappiness with the way things are going in the world and is an unhappiness with government dysfunction ... and all those things course through the exit polls ... if you can ... okay well again big night for the Republicans call she got ... thank you very much